Simanjit Kaur Architect

Operating out of V.P.O. Ghauaddi in the district, Simanjit Kaur Architect is a pretty straightforward setup. It’s not like the big offices you find in the middle of Ludhiana city where everything is made of glass and steel. Here, things move at a bit of a slower pace, which is honestly fine by me. I spend a lot of my time looking at plots of land that aren't perfectly square and trying to figure out how to make a house fit there without wasting space. The office gets a bit of dust from the road, and there’s usually a tractor passing by while I’m trying to concentrate on a floor plan. People from the village just drop by whenever they feel like it, usually without calling first, to ask a quick question about a wall or a roof. It’s not very formal. I have my desk, my computer, and way too many rolls of tracing paper that I really should organize one of these days. Most of the work involves sitting down with families and listening to them talk about what they need, then trying to draw something that actually works for their budget. It’s hard work, and sometimes the sun is too hot or the electricity goes out for a bit, but we get the drawings done eventually. There’s no big staff here, just a focus on getting the lines right on the paper.